November 17 edition

Drill instructor charged in death of Marine recruit

From staff reports

A Parris Island drill instructor has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of Pfc. Dal ton Beals, 19, who died of hyper thermia June 4, 2021 while taking part in The Crucible, the physical ly taxing 54-hour exercise recruits must complete before becoming U.S. Marines.

According to Parris Island spokesperson Maj. Philip Kulcze wski, on Nov. 10, Brig. Gen. Walker Field, the Commanding General of MCRD Parris Island, referred the following charges against Staff Ser geant Steven Smiley to a General Court-Martial:

Article 92 (Dereliction of Duty resulting in Death)

Article 92 (Dereliction in the Performance of Duties)

Article 92 (Two specifications: Violation of a Lawful General Order)

Article 93 (Cruelty, Oppression, or Maltreatment of Subordinates)

Article 131b (Obstruction of Justice)

Article 134 – Additional Charge (Negligent Homicide)

Beals died on a day hot enough that Marine Corps protocols should have stopped training.

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Nicole visits Beaufort

Boy, 2, found dead in pool

By Mike McCombs

A 2-year-old boy was found dead in the swimming pool Saturday af ternoon at a Beaufort hotel.

Just before 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, an employee of the Country Inn & Suites at 2450 Boundary Street called police to report a potential case of child neglect in regards to a 5-year-old girl wandering the prem ises unaccompanied.

When City of Beaufort Police offi cers arrived, according to Lt. Charles Raley, they searched the area in an effort to locate the child’s parents. In the process, they found the boy at the bottom of the pool. They pulled the boy from the water but were un able to resuscitate him.

Raley said the children were sib lings. Eventually, officers located the children’s mother in a hotel room with a man and a third child, an infant.

“The mother was in the hotel room,” Raley said. “We’re not cer tain which child or children be longed to the man in the room as of right now.”

Raley said S.C. Department of So cial Services (DSS) was contacted, and DSS removed the 5-year-old and the infant from the immediate cus tody of the parent.

No charges have been filed at this time, Raley said, and the case re mains under investigation.

An autopsy is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Beaufort pool dedicated to swim instructor

By Delayna Earley

The ceremony, hosted by Beaufort County, was held poolside as mem bers of the Settles family and current and former elected officials shared stores about how the former swim instructor changed their lives with his dedication to teaching children how to swim.

“I have warm memories of how pa tient he was and compassionate he was in teaching the skills that you need to really survive around here as a young kid with the water that sur rounds us,” Beaufort Mayor Steven

Murray said about his two summers of swimming lessons with Settles.

Settles, who died in April 2021, spent more than 30 years teaching swim lessons at the pool.

He was recognized in June 2015 when the Beaufort City Council pro claimed June 23 as Alvin Settles Day to honor his years of service to the community.

He started teaching lessons when the pool was built in 1981 and spent the summer months, when he wasn’t working as a speech pathologist at the Department of Defense schools in Laurel Bay, teaching members of the

Beaufort community how to swim. “Many of Mr. Settles’ students who never would have had exposure to swimming or the opportunity to learn how to swim have excelled, some of them even becoming life guards,” stated the 2015 resolution sponsored by Kenneth Hodges in the SC House of Representatives.

In May 2022, Beaufort County Council passed a resolution affirm ing that the pool, formerly known in the community as the Greene Street Pool, located at the Charles Lind Brown Center shall be named in honor of Settles.

Delayna Earley lives in Beaufort with her husband, two children and Jack Russell. She spent six years as a videographer and photographer for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette before leaving the Lowcountry in 2018. After freelancing in Myrtle Beach and Virginia, she joined The Island News when she moved back to Beaufort in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com

Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com

Wind and extreme high tides caused this “No Wake” buoy to break free of its mooring and make its way into the marsh near the Sands Beach during Tropical Storm Nicole on Thursday. Tides were extremely high as Nicole made her way north, but there were no reports of any serious effects. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

Swimmers who visit the pool at the Charles Lind Brown Center off of Greene Street in Beaufort will for ever remember the name Alvin Set tles after a ceremony on Monday, Nov. 14 renaming the pool in his honor.

Gloria Settles, widow of the late Alvin Settles, speaks during the dedication ceremony of the newly renamed Alvin Settles Pool on Monday, Nov. 14 at the Charles Lind Brown Center in Beaufort. Delayna Earley/The Island News

VIDEO For a brief video from the ceremony renaming the pool for Alvin Settles, follow this digital link or visit https://bit.ly/3GhTsIU.

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VETERAN OF THE WEEK OSCAR BALDWIN

Beaufort’s Oscar Baldwin, 65, attended Robert Smalls School and Beaufort High School before moving to Louisville, Ky., and joining the United States Army in 1975. After basic training at Fort Jackson and Advanced In fantry Training at Fort Polk, he was stationed in Korea along the DMZ for two years where he patrolled the border as a mortar gunner. While there he earned a Black Belt in Jujitsu.

Baldwin returned to duty at

Fort Stewart, from which he de ployed to Panama. While at Fort Stewart he was field promot ed to Specialist – 4 and was an

All-Army boxer. In 1979, he was discharged to the Reserves and the next year he began working at the U.S. House of Representa tives in Washington. He used the GI Bill to attend Howard Univer sity for two years before return ing to Beaufort where he ran a mail order marketing business.

– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com

Beaufort History Museum to give ‘sneak peek’ of Anchorage 1770 doll house

From staff reports

The Beaufort History Museum will offer the public a “sneak peek” of its latest acquisition – a doll house version of The Anchorage 1770 from 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Museum at 713 Craven Street in downtown Beaufort.

Admission to the event is free for Museum members. Membership may be purchased at the door ($25 individual, $35 family of two). Re freshments will be served.

The doll house was constructed during the late 1980s, when Joseph Belvedere managed the inn and the

Ribault Social Club restaurant.

The full-size house was built between 1770 and 1778 by Ralph Elliott and remained in the Elliott family until the Battle of Port Royal Sound in November 1861, when the white population fled in reaction to the arrival of Federal troops. During the Civil War, the house served as a hospital during the occupation, when it was called Mission House.

In 1891, the house was bought by Admiral Lester Anthony Beardslee, who had accompanied Commo dore Matthew Perry in the open ing of Japan to international com

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merce. He improved the house by adding the third floor and piazzas on the second and third floors, as well as installing indoor plumbing and the first elevator (not modeled) in Beaufort. He named the house The Anchorage as an homage to his service in the United States Navy.

The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Fri day, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satur days.

Please call 843-525-8500 be forehand to confirm museum staff availability. Admission to

On the YES vote on Beaufort County’s Greenspace referendum

the Beaufort History Museum is $5 for adults and children 12 and older. Active military and children younger than 12 are free. The Beaufort History Museum, founded in 1939, focuses specifi cally on the history of the Beaufort District. It manages and displays artifacts and documents held by the City of Beaufort, telling the compelling stories of this area, from the early 16th century until modern times. For more informa tion, visit www.BeaufortHistory Museum.com, or follow the Muse um’s Facebook page.

Beaufort County’s land, water, and quality of life was on the ballot this election cycle. Once again, the community turned out in broad support by voting in favor of the Greenspace program, securing up to $100 million for conservation.

This is a monumental victory for this part of the Lowcountry, which is facing unprecedented threats from coastal suburban sprawl and the loss and degradation of our natural resources that often follow. Beaufort is once again a trailblazer in the state by implementing the new Greenspace program as a complementary and urgently needed tool in the toolbox to balance our fragile ecosystem in the Port Royal Sound Watershed with responsible growth management.

The Coastal Conservation League looks forward to working with the county and our land trust partners to facilitate the success of the new Greens pace program for the benefit of Beaufort County’s present and future generations.

– Faith Rivers James, Executive Director, Coastal Conservation League

PAL PETS OF THE WEEK

Cat of the Week: Dol is the ray of sunshine everyone needs in their lives. She watched all of her kittens grow and find their families, now it is her turn. She loves to snuggle in a lap and watch the world go by. Dol is 2 years old, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.

Dog of the Week: Mama Paris will steal every heart she meets. She had a rough start to life and deserves a life of luxury. Paris had four beautiful puppies who have all been adopted. Paris would love to meet her new family. Mama Paris is 4 years old, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.

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Oscar Baldwin

Oscar Baldwin at Panama jungle training. Photo provided.

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Penn Center’s Heritage Days Celebration weathers Nicole

By Delayna Earley

Not even a tropical storm could stop the Heritage Days Celebration at the Penn Center on St. Helena Island this past weekend.

The 38th annual Heritage Days Celebration was sched uled to run from Thursday, Nov. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 12 and celebrated the Penn Center and Gullah Geechee culture.

The festival attracted around 35,000 patrons ac cording to Marie Gibbs, Heritage Days Committee Co-Chairperson and Direc tor of the York W. Bailey Mu seum.

“It’s like a homecoming, like coming home for most people.” Gibbs said. “It’s been two years since the last one. Even with the rain, peo ple were out there.”

Tropical Storm Nicole did cause some events to be can

celed on Thursday, includ ing the Gullah Roots Vil lage, opening ceremonies,

and youth theatrical perfor mance, but the patrons were still able to enjoy the Low

artist, Sonja Griffin Evans.

“We pulled out all of our prayer warriors to keep the rain away,” Gibbs said.

The celebration ended with the Heritage Days Pa rade and Soul Slide Dance Party on Saturday.

“This one truly came to gether, despite the rain and the weather,” Gibbs said. “It happened in a big way, in big part to all of our com mittee members and volun teers. They are who made this possible.”

Military Appreciation Day set for Saturday

By Mike McCombs

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce and local partners will host Mili tary Appreciation Day from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19 at Naval Heritage Park in Port Royal.

The event, presented by Lockheed-Martin, celebrates active-duty service mem bers, veterans and retired military members.

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Delayna Earley lives in Beaufort with her husband, two children and Jack Russell. She spent six years as a videographer and photographer for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette before leaving the Lowcountry in 2018. After freelancing in Myrtle Beach and Virginia, she joined The Island News when she moved back to Beaufort in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com

The public is invited to an afternoon of food, music and patriotism as the community celebrates the military ser vice members and veterans who call the Beaufort region home. The event is free.

Bring a chair to enjoy the Parris Island Rock Band. The event will include free hot dogs for the first 1,000 folks with a military ID, food trucks, swag bags, and presentations by instal lation commanders and community leaders.

Two Brothers giving away a free roof

Public asked to nominate eligible veteran or active service member

From staff reports

In an effort to give back to those who have served their country, Two Brothers Roof ing, LLC is helping the best way it knows how – in roofing.

Two Brothers is giving a free roof to one local veteran or active service member. The company is asking the public to nominate any former or ex

isting military members who may need a new roof.

The point of this promotion is to help a local veteran who may need a hand. The compa ny asks that the public nom inate someone who would truly benefit from a brand new architectural roof.

According to the compa ny’s disclaimer, the nominee

must be currently serving or have received an Honorable or General discharge from a U.S. Armed Service, be of good character, and have no felony convictions. This pro motion only applies to Beau fort & Jasper county residents. Addresses will be validat ed, and the nominee must be the registered homeown

er. This promotion includes all materials needed to com plete a proper shingle reroof with the exception of framing, metal, and wood rot (more than 3-10 sheets of decking will incur an ad ditional expense should the winner opt-in). Decking will be provid ed and sponsored by Espy

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Lumber. Disposal costs will be provided by Hilton Head Containers.

The materials, labor, and disposal will be at no cost to the nominee up to 3,500 square feet of roof surface, not including exceptions. This promotion is up for 35 squares of architectural shin gles (color TBD depending

on market availability). To nominate a veteran or service member, visit http://bit.ly/3Xa4W79. The winner will be notified on December 12.

For more information, call the Two Brothers Roofing of fice at 843-379-4465 or email info@twobrothersroofingsc. com

We Keep You IN

At Beaufort Memorial, our entire team of physicians and joint care experts is committed to helping you be your best and enjoy life without pain.

A testament to our quality outcomes, the Joint Replacement Center is one of only three programs in South Carolina to achieve advanced certification in knee and hip replacement. Our boardcertified surgeons are skilled with state-of-the art minimally invasive technology, including Mako SmartRoboticsTM for knee and hip replacement. Many of our patients go home the same day as their surgery.

At Beaufort Memorial you’ll also find:

• Joint preservation therapies

• Numerous non-surgical treatment options

• A personalized approach to restoring joint function

• Pre-operative education classes that engage patients and caregivers in the healing process

• A Joint Optimization Program that follows you through the process to ensure the best outcomes

• Outpatient and in-home rehab services to get you back in the game faster

Supper followed by a showing of artwork from the Heritage Days’ featured

Anita Singleton-Prather, a Gullah Geechee storyteller, entertains the audience during the 38th Annual Heritage Days Celebration parade on Saturday, Nov. 12 on St. Helena Island. Photo courtesy of Elijah Abram.

Sheriff’s Office seeks man wanted for shooting

From staff reports

The Beaufort County Sher iff’s Office (BCSO) is seeking 42-year-old John Henry Jen kins of Saint Helena Island in connection with a St. Helena gas station shooting.

On Wednesday, Nov. 2, at approximately 10:08 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies were called to Parker’s, located at 856 Sea Island Parkway, for a com plaint of gunfire.

When they arrived, there was evidence of gunfire found in the parking lot. But no vic tims were lo cated. A short time later, deputies were called to Beau fort Memorial Hospital for a complaint of a man with a gunshot wound to his leg.

According to the BCSO, the investigation revealed that there was an altercation be tween two people inside the gas station. The parties sepa rated and one person ran out of the store. As he was running away, he was shot.

Investigators collected ev idence and reviewed video surveillance from the store. Through the investigation, Jenkins was identified as the person responsible for the shooting.

Jenkins is currently wanted for attempted murder, pos session of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and aggravated breach of peace.

As of Monday evening, Jen kins has not been located and remains at large.

Anyone with information about this incident or Jenkins’ whereabouts is encouraged to contact SSgt. Todd Duncan at 843-255-3418 or, if wishing to remain anonymous and for possible reward, Crimestop pers of the Lowcountry at 843554-1111.

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ercise found Beals missing, a brief search took place before he was found unconscious with no pulse. Marines per formed CPR until medical per sonnel arrived and used an au tomatic, external defibrillator. He was pronounced dead at 5:41 p.m., less than 30 minutes after 911 was called.

Follow-on trial dates and milestones are yet to be estab lished, according to Kulczewski.

Remembering the Fallen

Beaufort Homes for the Holiday coming soon

From staff reports

The 21st Beaufort Homes for the Holidays annual event will feature this year an easy walking tour of sev en incredible homes plus a “Cookie Cottage.”

These unique homes, nestled in a delightful sec tion of Historic Downtown Beaufort across from the In tracoastal Waterway, feature creative renovations, new construction and a wide va riety of architectural styles. They will be professionally decorated for the holidays by local interior designers

and talented artists, and will inspire with many new and exciting ideas.

Featured tour designers include Sweet Bay-Mag gie Engstrom, Tidal Creek Haven-Gillian Csernica & Courtney Tangalos, M-Lisa Mykelby, Outrageous Flo ral Design-Sally Hendricks, Liz McEnaney, Found for Home-Jennifer Hagenbugh, The Social Betty-Kelsey Ba con & Maleia Everidge, Nu ances- Nancy Harris Vista & Laurie Thompson.

Home Tours will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on

Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sun day, Nov. 20. Tickets are $45 prior to Nov. 19; $50 on the day of the tour. Tour tickets are avail able on our website at www. beauforthomesfortheholi days.com and at local area businesses. Locations in clude The Chocolate Tree, Sweet Bay, Tidal Creek Ha ven, The Kitchen, Dataw Island Pro Shop, Markel’s (Bluffton), and Saint Peter’s Catholic Church Office. For further information visit our website or call 843-5226503.

WENDY’S BUILDING DEMOLITION

County still needs volunteers to help allocate $1 million in opioid settlement funds

From staff reports

Beaufort County is still accepting applications to fill nine volunteer positions to be on a committee to review grant applications from orga nizations implementing opi ate abatement strategies.

Citizens should have sub ject matter expertise in sub stance abuse prevention and treatment, medical knowl edge, or background in grant

writing/process.

The committee will assist in deciding how to allocate $1 million in opiate abatement funds to organizations that better the community.

The funds are available to Beaufort County through the South Carolina Opioid Set tlement Funds from the 2022 National Opioids Settlement and future settlements.

Reviewers should be com

fortable reading a large vol ume of material in a defined period and be capable of pro viding in-depth individual analysis and/or participating in small group discussions about the applications with other reviewers, which leads to an aggregated application score and recommendation to the funder.

Potential peer reviewers should live in Beaufort Coun

ty with knowledge and back grounds in: Substance abuse preven tion, with expertise or experience working with activities that discourage opioid and other sub stance use disorders and behaviors that increase the risk of opioid or sub stance use disorder.

Substance abuse treat ment, with expertise in

evidence-based, effective substance use disorder treatment services, pro grams, and activities.

First Responder, Medical, or related positions with knowledge and back grounds working with opi ate-related issues.

A background in grant reviews, budgets, and/ or performance outcome management or analysis.

Interested candidates should submit their resumes and a cover letter to sdonald son@bcgov.net

After selection, an orienta tion of the application scoring sheet and grant portal access will occur. All candidates will be expected to fully disclose any conflicts of interest to create a fair grant application process.

Questions should be submit ted to sdonaldson@bcgov.net

Photo courtesy of Sandy Dimke.

Jenkins

Dave Luton, in red shirt, of Patriotic Productions, helps someone find the picture of a loved one in the National Memorial on Friday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. The National Memorial includes military and personal photos of our nation’s fallen during the “War on Terror” since Sept. 11, 2001. The current display was unveiled near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., in September 2017 and continues to tour the nation. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

Demolition of the vacant Wendy’s building on Boundary Street along Battery Creek began Monday. This continues the development of Battery Saxton Park, the passive park along Battery Creek and Boundary Street that will greet visitors to Beaufort. The park was named after a Union Army gun battery established at that site in 1862 during the Civil War. Photos by Dylan McCombs.

County IT department hosts cyber internship program

From staff reports

The Beaufort County In formation Technology De partment currently hosts a cyber-security student intern ship program with USC Beau fort. Student interns are now getting real-world experience working as IT security ana lysts with Beaufort County.

The internship program provides a tailored work ex perience that meets local gov ernments' current and future workforce needs. The USCB cyber-security students had prior experience and brought skills to the internship that fit well with the County's overall cyber-security initiatives. The program includes expecta tions of a strong work ethic, communication, interperson al, and computer science\cy ber-security skills. Each intern will receive periodic perfor mance reviews as well as peer reviews.

"Cybersecurity education

is a critical component of the cybersecurity ecosystem. The quality, depth, and diversity of its educational program ming work towards creating a cyber-aware population", said Assistant County Administra tor Patrick Hill. "Giving stu dents experience in protecting and securing a complex local government infrastructure is a great pathway to increase the cyber workforce development within Beaufort County."

Working in a real-world environment helps cyber stu dents understand the security challenges and threats facing infrastructures today. Intern ships help students learn about their capabilities and ultimately encourage them to understand their strengths and weaknesses better.

"Internships are invaluable to the student and Beaufort County," said Shakeeya Polite, IT Director-Systems Manage ment. "Getting on-the-job ex

perience is invaluable for the student. It allows the County, as a potential future employ er, to guide students and help them expand their skills and experience in the workplace.

With cyber security as the fastest growing career field, Beaufort County is uniquely positioned to develop a pool of qualified future employees."

Internships equip students with more than just technical skills: business and technical knowledge are also necessary.

People skills, such as a collab orative work ethic, learning to be a team player, working under pressure, and knowing why deadlines matter, are also developed.

There are numerous intern ship opportunities available with Beaufort County. The Communication Services and Legal Departments are also collaborating with local col leges and universities with a student internship program.

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Relocation notice

Notification is given that First Century Bank, 1731 N. Elm Street, Commerce, Geor gia 30529 has filed an appli cation with the Comptroller of the Currency on Novem ber 10, 2022, as specified in 12 CFR 5 for permission to relocate the Hilton Head Is land Branch. The branch is currently located at 19 Shel ter Cove Lane, Suite 103, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928. The bank plans to relocate the branch to Two Park Lane, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928. Any person wishing to comment on this applica tion may file comments in writing with the Comptroller of the Currency, Southern District Office, Director for District Licensing, 500 North Akard Street, Suite 1600, Dal las, TX 75201 or via email at SO.Licensing@occ.treas.gov within 30 days of this publi cation.

Bay Street Realty adds Morris

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bay Street Realty Group has added real tor Michelle Morris to their South Carolina sales team.

Morris is a veteran Real tor, with more than 10 years of experience as a licensed agent in North Carolina. Originally from New York, Morris received her Bache lor of Science degree from SUNY Buffalo State College. She recently built a home on Fripp Island.

Coastal Properties adds Godfrey

Coastal Properties an nounce in October the addi tion of Ashli Godfrey to their real estate firm. Godfrey will be working out of the Beau fort office.

Godfrey was raised in Port land, Ind. After receiving her MA in Philosophy from Georgetown University, she relocated to Beaufort to be closer to family. Prior to pur suing her real estate license, Godfrey worked for Beaufort County for two and a half years.

Bay Street Realty adds Walsh in Growth & Development

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bay Street Re alty Group in October hired Kerry B. Walsh as Chief Growth & Development Offi cer. In this role, she will focus on increasing the company’s growth both in South Caroli na and Georgia.

Walsh will not only focus on increasing the number of agents but on coaching the agents to grow their real es tate businesses.

She began her real estate career 15 years ago with Berk shire Hathaway, in her home town of Malvern, Pa. She created a real estate team fo cusing on Luxury and eques trian properties. After selling for many years, she decided to stop her real estate busi ness and accepted a leader

ship position within the bro kerage as a Business Coach, and contract training expert.

SC part of Google settlement

Attorney General Alan Wilson on Monday an nounced that South Carolina, along with 39 other attorneys general, has reached a $391.5 million multi-state settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This is the largest multi-state attorney general privacy set tlement in the history of the United States. South Caroli na will receive $7,813,840.87 from the settlement.

“For years, Google has pri oritized profit over the priva cy of South Carolinians who use Google products and ser vices,” said Attorney General Wilson. “Consumer privacy is one of the most import ant issues facing consumers right now, and our office will continue to do its part in en suring the protection of our citizens in this way.”

Bagpipes and Tartans

The Saint Andrew’s Society of Lowcountry South Caroli na invites the public to a Ser vice of Worship and Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans at noon on Satur day, Nov. 19 at Old Sheldon Church. Bring a chair and enjoy the sights and sounds of bagpipes and tartans in a historic Lowcountry setting.

Tiffany Martin of Henderson, Nev., takes photos of the flood tide as water laps over the sea wall during Tropical Storm Nicole on Friday at the Downtown Marina. Martin along with her sister, Krista, also from Nevada, said she was visiting her other sister Gwen, of Beaufort, and she had never seen anything like this. “I live in the desert near Las Vegas,” she said. “I even got this new yellow raincoat because we knew there might be a storm.” Tides were extremely high as Nicole made her way north, but there were no reports of any serious effects. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

Council approves grants to promote tourism

From staff reports

City Council approved the awarding of $321,110 in ATAX grants to 13 non-profit local organizations at its Oct. 11 Regular Meeting. This was a significant increase over last year’s amount of $182,135 to seven organizations, thanks to greater revenue generated by the State Accommoda tions Tax.

Council modified the rec ommendations of the Tour ism Development Advisory

Committee (TDAC), which considers applications annu ally.

The grants are generated by the State Accommoda tions Tax (ATAX) revenue, and state law governs the dis tribution and use of the mon ies. A certain amount of these revenues is allocated for the grant process to non-profit groups focused on the pro motion, marketing, and ad vertising of tourism. TDAC meets once a year to review,

discuss and score applicant presentations for these grant

The organizations and amounts awarded:

Greater Beaufort-Port Royal Convention & Visitors Bureau (the Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for the City of Beaufort): $156,000 for destination marketing.

Greater Beaufort-Port Royal CVB: $31,000 for sales plan.

THE TIDE IS HIGH

The Pigeon Point boat landing is completely under water at high tide Thursday, Nov. 10, as Tropical Storm Nicole passes through Beaufort County. Photo courtesy of Courtney Cadien.

Beaufort Area Hospital ity Association: $10,000 for Beaufort Oyster Fes tival.

Friends of Hunting Is land: $30,000 for exhibits.

S.C. Lowcountry & Re sorts Island Tourism Commission: $25,775 for promotion of region.

Tabernacle Baptist Church: $10,000 for Har riet Tubman Monument and 160th anniversary of Combahee River raid.

Port Royal Sound Foun dation: $6,100 for shark exhibit.

Beaufort Area Sports Council: $12,000 for sports sales initiatives.

Friends of Spanish Moss Trail: $2,185 for various signs.

Mather School Museum at Technical College of the Lowcountry: $8,000 for history programming and promotion.

Gullah Festival: $10,000

for promotion.

Gullah Kinfolk Travel ing Theater: $15,000 for Christmas and Decora tion Day shows.

Beaufort History Mu seum: $5,050 for touchscreen kiosks.

ATAX grants are awarded as reimbursements for ex penses incurred by the orga nization. The organizations have two years from the date of the award to submit final reports for reimbursement.

Free presentation, discussion to highlight Reconstruction Era and Civil War in Beaufort

Join the community of curious thinkers, history buffs, and life-long learn ers for a free presentation and conversation about the Lowcountry’s fascinating Reconstruction Era and Civil War history hosted by USC Beaufort’s Institute for the Study of the Recon struction Era.

will be held at 6 p.m., Thurs day, Nov. 17 at The Learning Center at 913 West Street in downtown Beaufort.

The interactive discus sion will feature presenta tions by scholars, National Park Service historians and local “keepers” of the knowl edge that shaped Beaufort’s past and present.

Learn about historic figures and personalities whose stories have never been told and about some of

the work and programs the Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era, local organizations, and the Na tional Reconstruction Era National Historical Park are doing to share and illumi nate Beaufort’s rich history. Park Superintendent Scott Teodorski will provide up dates to park operations, as well.

For more information contact Valinda Littlefield at littlevw@mailbox.sc.edu

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Beaufort Children’s Theatre brings ‘James and the Giant Peach JR’ to USCB

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USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts invites you to “Be at the center of it all” with a fan tastic line-up of events for the upcoming season, including “James and the Giant Peach JR.”

It’s Roald Dahl’s amazingly popular “James and the Gi ant Peach” – a musical for the whole family to enjoy. Featur ing a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominat ed team of Pasek and Paul (Dear Evan Hansen, Dogfight, A Christmas Story the Musi cal, The Greatest Showman) and a curiously quirky book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley), critics rave: “James and the Giant Peach is a “MASTERPEACH!”

When James is sent by

his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach … and launches a jour ney of enormous proportions.

Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among hu man-sized insects with equal ly oversized personalities –but, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements.

Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative thinking, they learn to live and work togeth er as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building. This show will quickly become one of your all-time favorites.

Showtimes for “James and

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Who: Beaufort Children’s

Theatre

What: James and the Giant Peach JR When: 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19 and 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 20

Where: USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort

Tickets: Tickets and details available online at www. uscbcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145.

the Giant Peach JR” are Fri day, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m., and Sun day, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m., at the USCB Center for the Arts at 801 Carteret Street in historic downtown Beaufort.

Tickets and details are available online at www.usc bcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145.

JJ Kunkler as James. Photo courtesy of USCB Center For The Arts.

Options & References for a Healthier Life

EYE FLOATERS

By Mayo Clinic Staff

Eye floaters are spots in your vision. They may look to you like black or gray specks, strings, or cobwebs. They may drift about when you move your eyes. Floaters appear to dart away when you try to look at them directly. Most eye floaters are caused by age-related chang es that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes liquifies and con tracts. Scattered clumps of collagen fibers form within the vitreous and can cast tiny shadows on your retina. The shadows you see are called floaters.

If you notice a sudden in crease in eye floaters, contact an eye specialist immediate ly — especially if you also see light flashes or lose your vision. These can be symp toms of an emergency that requires prompt attention.

Symptoms of eye floaters may include: Small shapes in your vi sion that appear as dark specks or knobby, trans parent strings of floating material

Spots that move when you move your eyes, so when you try to look at them, they move quickly out of your line of vision

Spots that are most no ticeable when you look at a plain bright back ground, such as a blue

sky or a white wall Small shapes or strings that eventually settle down and drift out of the line of vision

Causes

Eye floaters may be caused by vitreous changes related to aging or from other diseas es or conditions: Age-related eye chang es. The vitreous is a jel ly-like substance made primarily of water, colla gen (a type of protein) and hyaluronan (a type of carbohydrate). The vitreous fills the space in your eye between the lens and retina and helps the eye maintain its round shape.

As you age, the vitreous changes. Over time, it liqui fies and contracts — a process that causes it to pull away from the eyeball's inside sur face.

As the vitreous changes, collagen fibers within the vitreous form clumps and strings. These scattered piec es block some of the light passing through the eye. This casts tiny shadows on your retina that are seen as float ers. Inflammation in the back of the eye. Uveitis is inflammation in the middle layer of tissue in the eye wall (uvea). Pos terior uveitis affects the back of the eye, which includes the retina and

an eye layer called the choroid. The inflamma tion causes floaters in the vitreous. Causes of posterior uveitis include infection, autoimmune disorders and inflamma tory diseases.

Bleeding in the eye. Bleeding into the vit reous can have many causes, including retinal tears and detachments, diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), blocked blood vessels, and injury. Blood cells are seen as floaters.

Torn retina. Retinal tears can happen when a contracting vitreous tugs on the retina with enough force to tear it.

Without treatment, a ret inal tear may lead to ret inal detachment. If fluid leaks behind the tear, it can cause the retina to separate from the back of your eye. Untreated retinal detachment can cause permanent vision loss.

Eye surgeries and eye medications. Certain medications that are in jected into the vitreous can cause air bubbles to form. These bubbles are seen as shadows until your eye absorbs them.

Silicone oil bubbles add ed during certain surger ies on the vitreous and retina also can be seen as floaters.

Risk factors

Factors that can increase your risk of eye floaters in clude: Age over 50 years

Nearsightedness Eye injury

Complications from cat aract surgery Diabetes complication that causes damage to the blood vessels of the retina (diabetic retinop athy)

Eye inflammation

When to see a doctor

Contact an eye specialist immediately if you notice: Many more eye floaters than usual

A sudden onset of new floaters

Flashes of light in the same eye as the floaters

A gray curtain or blurry area that blocks part of your vision Darkness on a side or sides of your vision (pe ripheral vision loss)

These painless symptoms could be caused by a retinal tear, with or without a ret inal detachment. This is a sight-threatening condition that requires immediate at tention.

https://www.mayoclinic. org/diseases-conditions/eyefloaters/symptoms-causes/syc20372346#dialogId13033549

Diabetics—get your hearing checked annually

November is National Dia betes Awareness Month and the American Academy of Audiology is urging those with diabetes to get their hearing checked annually.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, blood sugar levels that are too high or too low can damage hearing over time. Hearing loss is twice as common in people that have diabetes than it is in those who don’t have it.

Managing blood sugar is critical to help protect hear ing. High blood sugar levels can damage nerves and small blood vessels in the inner ear. Low blood sugar can damage the ways that nerve signals travel from the inner ear to the brain. Both of these can lead to hearing loss.

According to the CDC, 37.3 million people have di abetes—about one in every 10 with more than 8.5 million people undiagnosed. Nine ty-six million people are con sidered prediabetic with 26.4 million of those over 65 years of age.

The American Academy of Audiology recommends that those with diabetes get their hearing checked annually by an audiologist. Because hear ing loss is typically gradual, many don’t realize the extent of their loss until they’ve been seen by an audiologist.

Hearing is one of the most important aspects of our health – it connects us to peo ple, keeps us vital in the work

place and as we age, and when left untreated is associated with other health issues.

Signs of hearing loss may include:

Hearing ringing, buzzing, or hissing noises one or more days after exposure to loud noise.

Muffled hearing after the fireworks.

Having to turn up the volume of the television,

Excerpted from an article in

Hearing Journal, Oct. 2022: If Monica F. Wiser, MA, CCC-A, Licensed Audiologist ruled the world, she would mandate that all in her profession walk a mile in her shoes and experience what it is actually like to be hearing impaired.” Her Audiology Practice is in Beaufort, SC. “At the age of 7, Wiser failed a portion of a standardized test that was administered verbally but still did well on the written portion.” Monica relates she was diagnosed with hearing loss. They tested the rest of the family and discovered that two of her older siblings also had a sensorineural hearing loss. “Our losses progressed to severe levels by high school.”

Read the full article about Monica’s diagnosis, her personal and professional progress at https://journals.lww.com/ thehearingjournal/fulltext/2022/10000/helping_students_with_ hearing_loss_reach_their.1.aspx

Monica F. Wiser, MA, CCC-A Licensed Audiologist Beaufort Audiology & Hearing Care 38 Professional Village Cir, Beaufort, SC 29907 (843) 521-3007

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radio, or stereo and hav ing other family mem bers complain that the volume is too loud.

Difficulty understanding people speaking to you and asking people to re peat themselves.

Difficulty with phone conversations and un derstanding the other person.

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Inability to hear the door bell, crickets, the dog barking, and other house hold sounds.

People telling you that you speak too loudly. Difficulty understanding speech in background noise.

People with diabetes should be especially vigilant about protecting their hearing. You

can’t reverse hearing loss, but you can protect your hearing.

Tips to protect hearing include: Having hearing checked every year by an audiol ogist. Keep blood sugar levels as close to target num bers as possible.

Exercise caution when taking certain medica tions and ask your pre scribing physician if there are alternate med ications to those that may damage hearing. Wear hearing protection when around loud noises.

The American Academy of Audiology is the world's largest professional organization of, by and for audiologists. Representing the interests of audiologists and future audiologists nationwide, the Academy is dedicated to providing quality hearing care services through professional development, education, research, and increased public awareness of hearing and balance disorders. For more information, visit www.audiology.org.

Why it is better to get your vitamins from food

With so many vitamins and supplements available these days, you may be wondering which ones you actually need.

But according to Kristin Kirkpatrick, RD, registered di etitian with Cleveland Clinic, sometimes it may be better to get those nutrients from food.

“We have plenty of studies showing that when we look at food as the bioavailable source of certain nutrients of

vitamins and minerals, they tend to be one of the best op tions,” said Kirkpatrick.

Kirkpatrick said for exam ple, you can control more of what you get from eating wild fatty fish than taking fish oil. And that’s because the sup plement industry is not regu lated the way the food indus try is.

She said if you are look ing to get more vitamins and

minerals in your diet, focus on having more colorful foods. She recommends including six different colors in your meals every day.

It might seem like a lot, but it’s pretty easy. You could add blueberries to your oatmeal for one meal and then have a cup of coffee which is full of antioxidants. That’s three col ors right there.

Of course, there are situa

tions where taking a supple ment may be necessary.

“Vitamin D is typically poorly absorbed through food and so a D3 supplement is more mimicking the UV rays of the sun, that’s where we get the best vitamin D. And so, a supplement for vitamin D is going to be recommended there,” Kirkpatrick explained.

Kirkpatrick said if you are unsure whether you are de ficient in certain vitamins, it’s best to consult with your healthcare provider first.

Source: Cleveland Clinic news service; ccnewsservice@ccf.org

Thanksgiving feasting tips

little stressful.

And for those who are already struggling with chronic fa tigue, pain, or long COVID, the added holiday stresses and sugar intake can actually trigger a flare of symptoms and exhaustion.

“While you may not be able to totally avoid stress, you can reduce your stress levels and the odds of painful episodes by following a few simple rules,” says Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, chronic fatigue and pain expert and author of From Fatigued to Fantastic! (Avery Penguin 4th revised edition 2021).

For starters, Dr. Teitelbaum recommends 4 cornerstones: 1) a healthy diet, 2) restful sleep, 3) exercise and physi cal activities, as you’re able, and 4) spending time with the people who make you feel good. Here are a few more suggestions that will make you feel thankful:

• EAT FRESH: Healthful eating begins with lots of whole grains, fresh fruits (whole fruits, not juices) and fresh vegetables. Many raw vegetables have enzymes that actu ally boost energy levels.

• START WITH A SMALL PLATE: Fill your plate halfway with the idea that you can return for seconds 20 minutes lat er. If you eat slowly and enjoy each bite, you may find that smaller portions are more than adequate to make you feel full. Be

aware that the feeling of satiety kicks in after 20 minutes so pace yourself and you may not need a second plate.

NOBODY’S PERFECT: it’s perfect to be imper fect. In fact, especially around the holidays, it’s okay for humans to be downright ridiculous Don’t shoot for perfec tion because it’s nearly impossible to resist hol iday desserts. It’s better to maintain a diet that’s reasonably healthy and low in added sugar. Start out by cutting out sug ary drinks, and if possi ble substitute sugar-free chocolate. Drink sodas

sweetened with Stevia or enjoy sugar-free cocoa. Surprisingly, taking a few small bites of a dessert is often enough to satisfy a sweet tooth. Nibble a corner of the pie on your plate and savor the fla vor…it may be all that you need!

EFAs REDUCE IN FLAMMATION: He also recommends including foods with essential fatty acids, including three to four servings of fatty fish per week – salmon, tuna, or sardines (fried fish doesn’t count)

ZZZZZ: Proper sleep is even more important during the holidays when

schedules go into over drive, and eight hours of zzz’s per night is wishful thinking. You may find that travel, additional fi nancial and social obliga tions can all lead to rest lessness, and sometimes, full blown insomnia. The first step is to realize that you will never get it all done, no matter how fast you run.

• QUICK TIPS… Priori tizing your to-do list and

scratching off the things that aren’t really essential and don’t feel good. Con suming little or no alco hol right before bed, even if you do overindulge a bit at the office party. No caffeine after 4:00 pm. Keep your cool by keeping the bedroom at a comfortably cool tem perature. CHILL!!!! Don’t lie in bed worrying and ruminating; rather get up and write down what’s on your mind, then set it aside and go back to bed. Whatever the concern, it will be there when you wake up, but you’ll find better ways to cope when you’re rested and fresh.

• MOVE YOUR BOO

TY: Exercise is easy to avoid during the colder months, when putting on extra layers can be a pain. Bottom line: exercise is a proven stress-reducer, and, in moderation, this can lead to less pain. Al ways choose an activity that you enjoy, or you won’t stick with it. Light exercise, like walking, is a good way to begin. “Walk to the degree that you feel ‘good tired’ af terward,” says Dr. Teitel baum. “Increase your time incrementally and

when you get to the point that leaves you feeling worse the next day, cut back to a comfortable level.” Investing in a pe dometer and walking with friends will help you maintain your regimen while monitoring your progress. When it’s cold outside, wear long wool en underwear to avoid muscle spasms and also make sure to wear a hat and scarf. And remember, sex can be an excellent exercise!

• PROTECT YOURSELF: Spend time celebrating with the people who en rich your life and make you laugh. “It’s OK to say ‘N-O’,” says Dr. Te itelbaum and learning how to use this wonder ful word can liberate you. “In general, I suggest you decide to say yes or no based on how you feel, more than based on a sense of guilt,” he advis es.” So, if going to Aunt Agnes’s Ugly Holiday Sweater Party makes you feel awful every year, po litely bow out, stay home, and plug in your favorite holiday classics with the ones you love to be with!

For more tips, visit www.vi tality101.com.

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CPA flips script on BA in SCISA 2A semis

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Clifford-Langdale II lived up to the reputation of its predecessor, but this time, Beaufort Academy found itself on the wrong end of the heartbreak.

Three weeks after clinching a re gion title with a one-point win over Colleton Prep thanks to a stop on a two-point conversion with no time on the clock, the Eagles saw their season end in equally painful fash ion Friday when a field goal try at the buzzer sailed wide left, sending the War Hawks to the SCISA 2A

championship game with a 23-20 victory at Merritt Field.

Cole Davis passed for three firsthalf touchdowns, Connor Nettles drilled a 33-yard field goal with 2:50 left in the third quarter, and CPA’s defense made it stand up, though the Eagles worked themselves into Zeke Gonzalez’s range be fore the potential game-tying kick sailed wide.

It looked like it might be BA’s night when Jaxen Porter scored on a 12-yard run to cap a 15-play open ing drive that covered 85 yards and

chewed eight minutes off the clock, but Davis and the War Hawks an swered with a 65-yard strike to Walker Bryan to tie it and replicat ed it on the next series with a 60yard bomb to Caden Crosby, who stretched out to haul it in and kept his balance to gallop to the end zone for a 13-7 lead.

Devonte Green pounded it in from the 2 to cap another workman like BA drive and pull the Eagles even, and Braydon Dineen found

USCB hires Purdue basketball legend

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The USC Beaufort women's bas ketball team made a big splash by hiring a Boilermaker legend in Sha ron Versyp, who is Purdue's all-time winningest head coach.

Versyp led Purdue to four Big Ten Tournament cham pionships and two NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appear ances in 15 years.

"Coach Versyp's experience, passion for the development of student-athletes, and vision for the program stood out amongst the tre mendous response to our women's basketball search," Associate Di rector of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator and Women's Basket ball Search Committee Chair Genia Montford said in a news release.

‘These kids don’t panic’

By Justin Jarrett LowcoSports.com

Among the litany of qual ities Bryce Lybrand loves about his Beaufort High foot ball team is its ability to stay calm even when things are in disarray. The Eagles’ cool ness under pressure paid off big time Friday night.

Kacy Fields scored three second-half rushing touch downs to go with a kickoff return score in the first half as the Eagles clawed out of an 18-point hole to hold off visiting Crestwood 45-42 and advance to the third round of the Class 3A playoffs.

And the Knights gave them plenty of reason to worry.

Crestwood quarterback Javion Martin set the tone

early, leading an up-tempo offense that spread the field with dangerous receivers and sent Beaufort’s defense spinning. Martin marched the Knights down the field on their first two series before Fields awakened The Nest with an electrifying kickoff return to trim the margin in half.

The Eagles’ defense got their first stop, but an errant punt snap sailed over Jack Troutman’s head and through the end zone for a safety, and Crestwood converted the free kick into a field goal for a 19-7 advantage. After Troutman drilled a 45-yard field goal with several yards to spare, Beaufort seemed to have an other stop and a shot to cut

into the deficit further before halftime, but a running into the punter penalty prolonged a Knights drive and resulted in another field goal and a 2210 margin at halftime.

Beaufort got the ball to start the second half but couldn’t take advantage, and Martin dumped a pass over the line to tight end Anthony Steele,

“We were down 12 at half time, so we just told them to go out and get a score and then get a stop, and we go out and get stopped and then give up a score, so we did the complete opposite of what we wanted to do,” Lybrand said on Lowco Pigskin Live on Friday night. “But these kids don’t panic.”

A brisk drive ending with Fields punching it in eased the home crowd back to life, and a quick stop and an other Fields plunge three

"There is no doubt there are great days ahead for women's basketball at USCB under Coach Versyp's direc tion – not only on the court, but also in the classroom and the communi ty. We are looking forward to Coach Versyp's leadership in building a program our USCB community, the Lowcountry, and the Sand Shark fam ily can be proud to call ours."

Coming out of retirement (retired from Purdue on Sept. 16, 2021), Ver syp is the winningest coach in pro gram history, with 301 victories on the Boilermakers sidelines, good for 20 per year, and her 20-year career record as a head coach stands at 418257. She added the Boilermakers' ca reer Big Ten victories record to her list of accolades in 2018-19, collect ing 136 at Purdue, and her 149 career Big Ten wins is fifth-most in confer ence history.

"I am extremely honored to lead the first women's basketball pro gram and to build it on a solid foun dation at USCB," said Versyp. "I am also looking forward to partnering with the community of Beaufort and embracing their strong support."

"A heartfelt thank you to the Chancellor Dr Al M. Panu, Athletic Director Quin Monahan, the wom en's basketball search committee and the Sand Shark family for this amazing opportunity! Our vision, coupled with positive energy and perseverance, is certain to produce leaders both on the court and in the classroom, serving as ambassadors of the university and community."

Versyp was the head coach at In diana prior to Purdue, where she led her team to a 19-14 season, 9-7 in the

Beaufort Academy’s Devonte Green outruns the Colleton Prep defense during the final minutes of the game to get close enough for a field goal attempt to tie the game.

The Eagles got within range with 6 seconds left on the clock, but the kick went wide and the Eagles lost to the War Hawks, 20-23. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

Beaufort erases 18-point deficit against Crestwood, advances in 3A playoffs

who raced to the end zone for a score that made it an 18-point game and stunned the Kirkland Krazies and Co. back into silence.

Beaufort’s Kacy Fields, left, applies his trademark stiff-arm to the face of a Crestwood defender during the first half Friday night at BHS. The host Eagles went on to win over the Knights, 45-42. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

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Riverview Charter still seeking nominations for Board of Directors

From staff reports

Riverview Charter School (RCS) is still taking nomina tions for its Board of Directors.

RCS is seeking five board members, each to serve a twoyear term from January 2023 through December 2024.

The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, Nov. 18.

Richardson, Moore lead local runners at state XC

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The high school cross country season wrapped up this weekend with the state championships and the Low co contingent put its best foot forward.

Whale Branch’s Jesse Richardson (17:17.76) was fourth in Class 1A boys, and Beaufort freshman phenom Gavin Moore placed fifth in the 3A boys race in 17:00.83.

Elise Thompson (22:04.68) finished 12th in Class 1A girls race to lead Bridges Prep to a fifth-place finish in the team standings, while the Bucs boys finished ninth with freshman David Mcdivitt (18:54.73) leading the way in 22nd.

Battery Creek’s Sophia Fe lix (23:06.30) finished 64th in the Class 3A girls race.

The Bluffton Bobcats led the way in Class 4A with the boys finishing third and the girls fourth in the team stand ings, while May River’s Anya Arroyo finished third in the girls race and Bluffton’s Ear lon Baker was seventh in the boys race.

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Porter over the middle for a 30-yard touchdown to put BA back on top.

Davis wasn’t done, though, leading the War Hawks down the field and hitting Bryan for a 5-yard TD pass to draw CPA even at 20 at halftime.

Veteran coaches Greg Langdale and Mark Clifford made their adjustments at halftime, and the defenses settled in and denied en try to the end zone the rest of the way. But Gus Warren forced a fumble that Raleigh Obenaus recovered to set up Nettles’ go-ahead field goal, and that proved to be enough.

The Eagles finish the sea son with an 8-3 mark, while the War Hawks (11-1) will face Williamsburg Academy for the SCISA 2A title at 3:30 p.m., Saturday at Charleston Southern.

Three of the board mem bers will be seated through the election process and the remaining two appointed by the currently seated board.

The plurality of the vote will identify the first three can didates to be seated on the board. Following the election, the Riverview Board of Direc

tors will then select two ad ditional candidates from the nomination pool for appoint ment to the board.

Six of our current board members will be returning to serve the second year of their two-year terms.

In order to be most effec tive, according to a letter from

RCS Board Chairman Reece Bertholf, the board needs a breadth and depth of experi ence and specific skills in edu cation, facilities, finance, fund raising, legal, business, human resources, public relations and marketing and previous gover nance experience (non-profit or corporate).

The Board Nomination and Election process and timeline is as follows:

Nov. 18: Deadline to submit nominations.

Nov. 21-25: Candidate eligi bility review.

Nov. 28: Ballets distributed via email.

Dec. 5: Deadline for receiv ing votes is 6 p.m.

Dec. 15: Announcement of election results at regularly scheduled board meeting.

For questions or more in formation, contact Bertholf at reece.bertholf@riverviewchar terschool.org

Grant funds cyber security programming opportunity for district teachers

From staff reports

Beaufort County School District (BCSD) has been awarded a $150,000 GenCy ber grant, funded by Nation al Security Agency (NSA) and National Science Foun dation (NSF). GenCyber, a program cre ated to inspire the next gen eration of cybersecurity pro fessionals, funds in-depth training and experiences for school systems around the country. For more than eight years, this program has provided opportunities for students and teachers to explore cybersecurity fun

damentals, technology, and career pathways.

As a result of this grant, BCSD will offer an intensive 10-day training session, July 24 to Aug. 4, for 30 middle and high school educators.

By the end of the two weeks, the teachers will have lesson plans, resources, and tools that can be implemented in their classrooms and shared with students.

“Forwarding thinking grants such as this serve to prepare our students for future careers that may not even exist yet,” Superinten dent Frank Rodriguez said

in a news release. “This Gen Cyber grant is a win-win, equipping our educators to address high-level future trends and workforce needs while also ensuring our stu dents’ long-term success.”

This professional devel opment programming will be offered in collaboration with the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) and Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL). Additional follow-up op portunities will be provid ed in the form of coaching/ mentoring for cyber defense competitions and ongoing

support from the Beaufort Digital Corridor (BDC), a community-sourced initia tive that fosters education al, commercial, and social environments conducive to nurturing flourishing tech nology entrepreneurs.

In line with the South Carolina Computer Science Education Initiative Act, the GenCyber grant enables BCSD to expand its offering of high-quality computer science and cybersecurity educational experiences to students.

“Through our Career and Technical Education (CTE)

and MedTech7 programs, a number of our schools al ready have a strong focus and foundation in computer science and cybersecurity,” Chief Instructional Services Officer Mary Stratos said. “We are looking forward to seeing the innovative ways our newly minted GenCy ber educators will incorpo rate what they learn into the classroom experience.”

BCSD secondary level ed ucators interested in partic ipating in this professional development opportunity can apply online, starting this January.

Heritage Classic Foundation Scholar applications now available

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The Heritage Classic Foundation, the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization which hosts South Carolina’s annu al RBC Heritage PGA Tour golf tournament, has an nounced applications for the 2023 Heritage Classic Foun

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minutes later cut it to 28-24 and cranked the crowd up a notch. When Zach Talbert picked off Martin on the next offensive play and quarter back Samari Bonds bolted to the end zone to give the Ea gles their first lead at 31-28 the place went nuclear.

The Eagles got it back with a coverage sack of Mar tin on fourth down, and they appeared to be driving for another score early in the fourth quarter when Bonds limped off the field. Ulti mate utility player Colton Phares stepped in to run the wildcat and called his own number twice, breaking off a long run before darting to the end zone to make it 38-28.

Martin and the Knights responded with an impres sive drive to cut it back to a three-point margin, but Fields found a big hole and

dation Scholar Awards are now available online for all Beaufort and Jasper County high school seniors. Seniors in all Beaufort and Jasper County high schools are eligible to apply. Each Scholar will have an oppor tunity to receive a four-year

ran away from everyone for his fourth touchdown of the night to make it a dou ble-digit game again with 8:05 left. Martin held serve again, though, as Steele got free up the right sideline and hauled in a dime, and Crestwood’s defense forced a punt to get it back with a chance to take the lead.

Troutman hit a beauty, and Thomas Purcy stuck the returner at the 15 to put the Knights up against it, and Phares made an acro batic interception to allow Fields to grind out a couple of first downs and run out the clock on a wild one on Lady’s Island for Beaufort’s 10th straight win.

Fields was held in check for the most part in the first half but wore down the Knights to finish with 151 yards on 24 carries and three rushing touchdowns along with a kick return score, and Bonds added 88 yards and a touchdown on eight carries and was 5-for-11 for 64 yards. Phares rushed four times for

grant totaling up to $16,000or $20,000.

Scholarship applications are reviewed on the basis of academic success, commu nity service, essays written by the student and financial need. An interview is re quired by all finalists.

52 yards and a touchdown and had a 30-yard recep tion along with four tack les, two pass breakups, and the game-sealing pick, and Jack Sumner collected five tackles (two for loss) with two sacks and a quarterback hurry to help the Eagles ramp up the pressure and disrupt the Knights' passing game in the second half.

“Really proud of the kids and coaches for making the adjustments,” Lybrand said. “At this point it’s not always gonna be pretty, so we’ll just take the win.”

The Eagles (10-1) will host Gilbert in a matchup of re gion champions Friday for a right to move on to the Class 3A Lower State cham pionship game.

Justin Jarrett is the sports editor of The Island News and the founder of LowcoSports.com. He was the sports editor of the Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette for 6½ years. He has a passion for sports and community journalism and a questionable sense of humor.

Since this Scholar pro gram was instituted in 1993, 364 graduating seniors have been named Heritage Schol ars. These grants, to a college of the student’s choice, have totaled more than $5 million.

Applications are now available online at www.her

All applications must be completed by Jan. 15, 2023. The 2023 Scholars will be recognized at the 55th annu al RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing to be conducted April 10-16, 2023 at the Har bour Town Golf Links.

Big Ten and the quarterfi nals of the postseason WNIT. The nine-game improvement

was the second largest turnaround in school history for a first-year head coach. While at Indiana, Versyp guided senior Cindi Valentin to first team All-Big Ten honors and new comer Whitney Thomas to the Big Ten All-Freshman team.

Prior to her stint with the Hoosiers, Versyp was the head coach at Maine for five seasons where she amassed a 98-51 re cord, including a 67-19 America East Conference record. Vers yp's teams won three-straight America East regular season

championships (2003, 2004, 2005) and in 2004 also won the America East Tournament title earning an NCAA Tourna ment berth. Versyp was twice voted America East Coach of the Year (2003 and 2005). Her teams achieved season

records of 25-6 in 2002-03 and 25-7 in 2003-04, which were the first back-to-back 25-win cam paigns in school history. After graduating from Pur due, Versyp became a head coach in the high school ranks at Lawrence North High

School in Indianapolis from 1989-93. There she took a 0-18 team to a sectional runner-up finish in just two seasons. She also served as the head coach at Benton Central High School in Oxford, Ind., from 1993 to 1996.

Beaufort High School’s Jack Troutman holds the ball steady while Zack Talbert kicks a field goal during the first half against the visiting Crestwood Knights on Friday night. Talbert’s kick was good, helping the Eagles edge out the Knights 45-42 to advance in the playoffs. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

ON PURPOSE

Knowing God unites us in His love

The opportunity to know God is the greatest invitation that has ever been given in the history of mankind. For those that have a passion to learn about Him and serve Him, we will never be able to tell Him enough how much we love and appreciate His love, grace, and endless mercy.

There are supposedly more than two billion people on our planet that claim to be associated with the Christian faith and you would think that every person within this family would be united in their love for God and one another.

Sadly, this is not the case. When we study religious history and see the numerous groups that aggressively op pose each other, it leaves us with many questions about how so many people can serve the same God and yet be so divided.

Have you noticed when researching the many opinions of religiosity, each group believes they are right and everyone else is wrong?

I grew up in a church like this and was disheartened at how doctrines, legalistic traditions, and rituals cause hatred and hostility among those who claim to be disci ples of God.

This gives me a headache because no one understands everything and the only perfect person who ever lived was Jesus. It’s arrogance and the desire for control that creates strife. Doing things a certain way is not as import ant as following His way.

To be blunt, unless we are walking in the attributes and character of Christ, our views matter very little.

If we are more concerned about a doctrine than we are about being filled with God’s

love we have already missed the point. I Corinthians 13:2 reminds us, “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowl edge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”

I write about the Christian life, and one of the strange re alities is that many who claim to know God are uncomfort able expressing their love to Him, they refuse to study His word, and do not want to talk about taking up their cross.

However, they love to argue about doctrines and how everyone else is deceived.

Those who approach ministry with the coldness of politics remind us of when Jesus confronted this legalistic attitude in His day. They were not interested that He was the Son of God who came to fulfill the prophecies of a coming Messiah. They wanted to kill Him (and even tually did) because He did follow their religious rules and regulations. He did not look, act, or speak like they thought He should. Instead

of embracing Him and trying to be one with God, they rejected His teachings the same as denominations and churches oppose each other today.

We know the god of this world’s system is Satan and his agenda is to influence people to be against God and each other and bring division to the churches. We must conclude that many follow their emotions instead of the Holy Spirit.

In Matthew, Ch. 23 we read where Jesus does not hold back His criticism against the church leaders. I encour age you to read the chapter, but His point was how they were more concerned with putting on a religious show and boasting about their pious ceremonies instead of allowing God to demonstrate His character within their lives. They created their own worldview of God instead of obeying His will.

Can we consider that if every Christian would humbly seek and fervently listen to Him there would

not be thousands of different spiritual sects? Since the Al mighty represents one truth, we must blame the confusion on these ancient evil spirits of deception along with peo ple’s unrenewed minds that cannot discern God’s voice from their own.

God is speaking, but we have a hearing problem. The logical solution would be for every Christian to draw nearer to God in order to comprehend divine truth more clearly. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

When Jesus wanted people to pay attention, He

would say, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.” We all have ears on our heads, but He was talking about how only the redeemed can understand Him.

Being born again gives us a new spirit and a new set of ears. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me,” John 10:27.

Could it be that many reli gious people cannot perceive divine truth because they do not have spiritual ears to hear?

Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com

“Who Do You Say That I Am?” Jesus

Jesus asks the apostles who they say that he is.

As the apostles journeyed with Jesus through the countryside, he asked them, “Who do people say that I am?” They answered that some say that Jesus is John the Baptist, Elijah, or one of the other prophets who has come back to life. Then he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:16)

This is the question we each must answer.

Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” By saying that Jesus is the Christ, Peter means that Jesus is the messiah, the savior for whom many Jewish people had long hoped. By saying that Jesus is the Son of the Living God, Peter affirms that Jesus is not an ordinary human being, but somehow God.

If Jesus is not a lunatic nor a liar, he is Lord.

The four Gospels are reliable biographies of Jesus of Nazareth. As we read the Gospels, we can slowly come to the same realization about the identity of Jesus. We perceive that he possesses great clarity of mind and that he is a man of truth. Looking at the evidence, it becomes clear that we cannot dismiss him as either a lunatic or a liar. The only logical option that remains is that Jesus is actually who he claimed to be: he is God.

This is the explanation that best fits all the evidence.

When we understand that Jesus is God, everything about the Gospels clicks into place. He spoke and acted as if he were God because, as unthinkable as it is, this was actually the case! Jesus could teach as no one else has ever taught, for he was our creator revealing himself to us. Jesus could work miracles, because he created the laws of nature. Jesus cared for the poor and those considered unimportant, because this is how God loves. On the cross we recognize God giving himself for his people in a perfect act of love, and on Easter morning we recognize God triumphing victoriously over death by rising from the dead.

is Lord

This is why Jesus changed the course of history. The apostles left everything and went throughout the world to share the good news of Jesus: he is risen, and he is Lord! For the last two thousand years, Jesus has captivated the minds and hearts of those who seek to know him. No single person has changed human history more than Jesus. It is because Jesus is not merely a wise teacher, but the God who created each of us and entered the world so that we may know him.

Who do you say that Jesus is? If we are intellectually honest, we cannot be satisfied by simply saying about Jesus, “He was a great moral teacher.” Jesus did not leave this possibility open to us. If he was lying or was a fool, then he is not a great moral teacher. If he was telling the truth, then he is more than just a great teacher: he is our Lord and our God, and our lives can never be the same.

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VOICES

Nonvoters say the darnedest things

Oh boy. “When are y’all going to realize they are never going to do right. The system is rigged (and it) doesn’t matter how many times you vote, they are go ing to put whoever they want in that chair.”

This was the first response I saw to a Facebook friend’s lamentation over the results of Georgia’s gubernatorial race: “Why does Georgia continue to fail Stacey?”

It’s a legitimate question, especially from a young, col lege-educated Black woman who recognized the differ ence in platforms between a charismatic progressive thinker who defends democ racy and a low-energy keeper of the status quo. There are the secondary contrasts of an establishment middle-aged white man and a Black wom an a decade his junior trying to unseat him.

For most Georgia Repub licans, though, I’m sure the

only difference that mattered was he is a Republican and she is a Democrat. Ptui!

In response to this person’s comment, I re plied, "That's not true,” and explained how tough a task it is to outvote red-state Re publicans when almost every lever of power is at their dis posal to guarantee favorable outcomes. Not to mention sheer numbers, especially when younger voters don’t turn out.

His comeback? “Keep believing. It may change, but not in this lifetime.”

I wasn't surprised it was a young Black man saying

these things because of my experience with that demo graphic over the past several years. I have written before about the negative reactions I witnessed to the 2016 elec tion of Donald Trump, but that was not the end of it.

I heard folklore the likes of which I could never have imagined covering every thing from the origins of coronavirus to the COVID-19 vaccines to health risks of 5G. These new paranoia were layered atop longstanding myths (and some truths) about the creation and weaponization of HIV, drugs in the Black community, and mistrust of the healthcare system.

The young Black peo ple I interacted with were distressingly eager to accept anti-establishment conspira cy theories and to disenfran chise themselves by saying their votes didn’t matter, so the tone of the commenter’s posts rang familiar.

I wrote, “Sitting around saying ‘Ain’t nothing gon’ change’ is the safest way to make sure it never will.”

Then came the justifica tions:

“The last presidential elec tion proved that the system is rigged. Months after Biden was sworn in they were find ing voting machines with un counted ballots. There was a machine found not too long ago that was purchased off of eBay that had a ton of ballots in it unaccounted for.”

“None of the politicians care about the people. They just want to keep their pock ets padded and that is it.”

“We are all too worried about putting faith in some one who has never walked down the street you live on. You know what problems exist and they don’t. So we just keep putting them in office?”

“I mean this with no disre spect by any means but it’s the older generation who are

still the sheep following the same system that has failed over and over again. Y’all were given the right to vote just to say you can do it. So congratulations … a partici pation prize.”

I took offense to that last comment, because he was referring to the fact I had posted a temporary frame on my profile photo indicat ing I had voted. So to me, listening to a member of the participation trophy genera tion mock anyone for having a "participation prize" was pretty rich.

I was ready to take the kid gloves off (no pun intended) when it occurred to me to ask a simple question: "Did you vote?”

His response: “I don’t have to disclose if I voted or not. That’s personal.” Which it is. But the discussion was over at hat point, as far as I was concerned.

I have written here and said elsewhere that I don't

care who you vote for as long as you vote. I don't mind a debate over candidates or issues, but the price of admission to that debate is voting, and to my mind this person had not paid.

Thank goodness more young people don't feel like he felt. Numbers from the midterms show young voters turned out in sufficient numbers to almost literally negate the votes of everyone over the age of 65 who voted.

That's no tragedy in my mind. It’s their world, they should get to shape it.

The tragedy is people who take themselves out of the conversation but insist on being heard from the sidelines, criticizing those trying to make a difference in performing their most basic civic duty.

Terry E. Manning is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. He can be reached at teemanning@gmail.com

There is reason for optimism, hope

It is Saturday, and I’m in Port Royal. This morning I’m sitting in my dining room writing, drinking my coffee and listening to Scott Simon on Weekend Edi tion. But this morning my thoughts are focused on the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Now, before we really get into the weeds with the Sisters of Notre Dame, let me say that I was taught by nuns when I was in elementary school. Although we were a transient military family, moving from Fitzsimmons to Brooke to Landstuhl Army Hospitals, I spent my elementary years in parochial schools. But if you’re expect ing a dewy-eyed retrospective piece about early morning Mass, and the benefits of corporal punishment this is not that piece.

This article is actually about Alzheimer’s Disease and a study that followed the medical history of the Sisters of Notre Dame that began in

SCOTT GRABER

the 1990s. Not only were these nuns examined and interro gated about their cognitive health over the years, but when they died their brains were autopsied. The principal researcher, Dr. David Snow don, tells the story of his now famous “Nun Study” in his book “Aging With Grace.”

Snowden begins by saying that a problem with many Alzheimer’s trials is the fact that they usually occur after the patient is showing signs of dementia. In many studies the participant’s brains have “atrophied” (diminished) and the plaque and tangles have formed. There is no way

to know what these brains looked-like when they were 21. But this wasn’t the case with the nuns.

Just before these particular nuns took their vows, the Sisters of Notre Dame had to write a short essay about themselves, their family, their education. Dr. Snowden discovered these essays after his study had commenced and had a hunch that these long-ago written essays might have value in his research.

He discovered that there were striking differences between many of these essays. Some were simple, straight-forward recitations of names, dates, events. Others were grammatically complex and dense with ideas. Snowden wondered whether this difference in “grammar and idea density” was any kind of predictor of those nuns who would get Alzheimer’s disease.

With the help of Susan Kemper — a psycholinguist

— and his cohort of 93 nuns, Snowden discovered that the level of “idea density” (in the early essays) strongly correlated with the cognitive tests that the nuns took every year. As the study progressed — and the bank of autopsied brains grew in number — it confirmed his hunch that those nuns who developed Alzheimer’s disease had low levels of “idea density” in those long-ago essays.

Dr. Snowden concluded that “An amazing 90% of the nuns with Alzheimer’s disease had low idea density in the autobiographies as compared with only 13% of the healthy sisters.”

But beyond this “predic tor” and the Sisters at Notre Dame, what pathology actual ly causes this disease?

There is the school who believe that a beta-amyloid protein, the sticky substance Dr. Alois Alzheimer called “senile plaque” in 1906, is responsible for the memory

loss, disorientation and brain death. But there is a com peting theory that a protein, called Tau, creates rope-like tangles that kill the neurons in the brain.

Now NPR reports that there are doubts about the role of the “sticky substance” called beta-amyloid, and whether this plaque is the actual culprit that ultimately destroys the brain.

NPR says that even though experimental drugs have removed the sticky beta-amyloid from the brains of some patients, the decline in memory and thinking con tinues. This continuation has “eroded support for the idea that amyloid is responsible for the cascade of events that eventually lead to the death of brain cells.”

However, many believe that the anti-amyloid drugs have failed because they were given to people who already had plagues in their brains. At that point, Dr.

Randall Bateman says, “It may not be possible to stop the process, ...”

And so another study — this one done by Dr. Eric McDade at Washington University — will enroll 160 people from families with dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease and treat people now in their 20s. They will get the anti-amyloid drug, Gantenerumab, and we will see if the plaques appear.

“My prediction is it will work, and will work fantas tically,” says Dr. Bateman.

“If we can really prevent the plaques from starting and taking off and those down stream changes from going.

My prediction is those people will never get Alzheimer’s”

And so, on this Saturday morning, there is reason for optimism. Hope.

Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com

Editor’s Note: The opinions of our columnists in the Voices section are not necessarily the opinions of The Island News

TERRY MANNING

ARTS

Gifts From the Boneyard

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 1-31, 2023, Port Royal Sound foundation (PRSF) Museum, 310 Okatie Highway, Okatie. The Friends of Hunting Island (FOHI) and The Port Royal Sound Foundation (PRSF) are hosting an art exhibit called, "Gifts From the Boneyard, Art Inspired by Hunting Island's Landscape.” The featured artist is Barbara James, a local fabric artist. Photographers Joan Eckhardt and Andy Stephens are also contributing pieces. Proceeds from sales will go to FOHI and PRSF. Opening gala from 4 to 6 p.m., March 2, 2023.

CALENDAR Bluffton Night Bazaar — a Lowcountry Made Market

5 to 8 p.m., first Thursday of each month, Burnt Church Distillery, 120 Bluffton Road. A highly curated selection of accessories, clothing, home goods, custom gifts and more by local artists and makers.

Rooted Beaufort Yoga classes

5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal; 9 to 10:15 a.m., Whitehall Park or Pigeon Point Park. Rooted Beaufort is a collective of local Yoga teachers who host outdoor yoga classes and donation-based events with proceeds being donated locally on a rotating basis.

Wet Willie's Trivia Night

7 to 10 p.m., every Thursday, Wet Willie's, Beaufort Town Center. Win awesome prizes while you sip the worlds greatest daiquiris and munch on delicious bites.

Wet Willie's Bingo Night

7 to 10 p.m., every Friday, Wet Willie's, Beaufort Town Center. Win free giveaways, merchandise, and more cool prizes.

Highway 21 Flea Market

9 a.m. to 4 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday, Highway 21 Drive-In. Sellers, vendors, handmade items, unique products and yard sale items. For information, email lowcountryfleamarket@gmail.com.

Port Royal Farmers Market

9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, year round, Naval Heritage Park, 1615 Ribaut Road, Port Royal. Rain or shine. You will find fresh, local, seasonal produce, shrimp, oysters, poultry, beef, pork, eggs, bread and cheese, as well as plants, ferns, camellias, azaleas, citrus trees and beautiful, fresh cut flower bouquets. There are prepared food vendors serving barbecue, dumplings, she crab soup, crab cakes, paella, coffee, baked goods, bagels and breakfast sandwiches. No pets allowed. For more information, visit http:// www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com/, visit @ portroyalfarmersmarket on Facebook or call 843-295-0058.

Lowcountry Made Markets

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., first and third Saturday of each month through December, Buckwalter Place Park, next to Kroger off Buckwalter Place Blvd., Bluffton. Each market includes local vendors, live music, food and drink. The events are free. Participating vendors include: Gullah Express LLC (food truck), Declan’s Delights, Pick N Paint Pottery, Preservation Tree Art, 7th & Palm, Kara Artman Art, Southern Botanica, Hedone (bath & body), Blue Door Boutique, The Herb Room Organic Apothecary, Juke Joint Sweets, BPC Custom Furniture, Back to Eden Self Care Products, LLC, Shutterbug Custom Designs LLC, Pet Wants Hilton Head, Grind Coffee Roasters, LLC, Fabula Collective, The Artsy Girl, KODA Glass Designs, Lowcountry Livin’, Legacy Art Gallery, Cottonwood Soap Company, Marsh View Candles and Crafted With A Purpose.

YMCA Puppy Plunge

9 to 11 a.m., Saturdays, Nov. 19, Dec. 17, Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25. Wardle Family YMCA, Outdoor pool, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal. Well-behaved canines of all breeds and sizes are welcome. Cost is $10 per pup. All proceeds benefit the Y’s Learn to Swim program. Owners will be required to sign a waiver before entering the enclosed, exterior pool area (use the side entrance gate), must be present with their pups at all times, and humans are not permitted to swim in the Puppy Plunge. The YMCA asks that pets be up-to-date on all vaccinations. Event is weather dependent so check the YMCA social media or call the Y front desk at 843522-9622 the morning of the Puppy Plunge to check any status update.

Grandparents: Leaving a Gospel Shaped Legacy

6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 21, The Great Hall, Holy Trinity Classical Christian School, 302 Burroughs Ave., Beaufort. Cost is $10 per person and includes light refreshments. To register and pay online, please go to www.HTCCS.org and use the quick link "Community Grand-Parenting Seminar" on the home page. Schumann is an author and speaker and serves as the director of Christian Grandparenting Network. She has written two books, Prayers that Stir the Hearts of Grandparents and The Christmas Bracelet. For more information about this lecture and future lectures, please contact Celeste Pruit, Director of Advancement, at cpruit@htccs. org or call her at 843-379-9670.

Antique and Classic Car Show 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, 13 Market Street, Habersham, Beaufort. Show is free. $20 entry donation for cars, trucks, motorcycles. Door prizes, trophies, food and more. For more information, call 617-5133938.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

HIGHWAY 21 DRIVE-IN

The movies scheduled for this week (Friday, Nov. 18 through Sunday, Nov. 20, closed Wednesdays) at the Highway 21 Drive-In are Wakanda Forever (PG-13, 8 p.m.) single feature on Screen 1; Wakanda Forever (PG-13, 6:30 p.m.) and Wakanda Forever (PG-13, 9:25 p.m.) on Screen 2; and The Menu (R, 7:30 p.m.) and The Barbarian (R, 9:10 p.m.) on Screen 3 (Friday and Saturday).

Online ticketing is available at hwy21drivein. com on the Now Playing page. Patrons are asked to arrive early on Friday and Saturday nights. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.

“Our family at the Hwy. 21 drive in feel a responsibility to our community,” a statement from Highway 21 Drive-In management reads. “We are concerned about many things in these trying times and in making the right decisions. We are concerned with our employees, our patrons, our business, our community’s businesses, and the health and well-being of all.”

A reminder: no outside food or beverages can be brought into the drive-in. Upcoming movies include Strange World and Devotion (Nov. 23).

Lowcountry Christian Women’s Connection

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, Hampton Hall Clubhouse, 170 Hampton Hall Blvd., Bluffton. Christmas music, holiday games, fun, prizes, guest speaker, and lunch.

Prepaid Reservations: Luncheon is $28 payable to CWC Bluffton and send to Carol Mock, 607 Argent Way, Bluffton SC. 29909 or email Julie.ott.az@gmail.com

Beaufort Oyster Festival Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 21-22, 2023, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort. www. BftOysterFestival.com.

Lowcountry Christian Women’s Connection

Luncheon and Program

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 170 Hampton Hall Blvd., Bluffton. ‘Jazz it Up Feature/Speaker-Tempe Brown; Mini Jazz & Blues Concert. Prepaid Reservations: Luncheon is $28 Luncheon is $28 payable to CWC Bluffton and send to Carol Mock, 607 Argent Way, Bluffton SC. 29909 or email Julie. ott.az@gmail.com.

MCAS Beaufort Airshow Saturday-Sunday, April 22-23, 2023, MCAS Beaufort. Visit BeaufortAirShow.com. General admission is free.

CHRISTMAS Smile For Santa 9:30 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, Dec. 3, 10, 17; in the Gazebo at the Port Royal Farmer’s Market. Hosted by the Beaufort Garden Club. Bring your children, grandchildren and/or pets to the Gazebo area at the market and take your photo with Santa. Garden Club members also will gladly take photos with your phones. Donations will be accepted and all proceeds will go to local charities.

HISTORY

The Historic Port Royal Museum

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory.org, email historicportroyalfoundation@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.

Tour Historic Fort Fremont Dawn to dusk, Monday through Sunday, The Fort Fremont Preserve, 1124 Land’s End Road, St. Helena Island. Free and open to the public. The History Center is open Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can learn about the fort’s history during the Spanish-American War through interpretive signs, self-guided walking tours with a smart phone, exhibits in the history center, and docent-led tours. For more information visit www.fortfremont.org or contact Passive Parks Manager Stefanie Nagid at snagid@bcgov.net.

Reconstruction Era History and the Civil War in Beaufort 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17, Second Founding of America Learning Center, West Street. Free and open to the public. Join staff from the University of South Carolina Beaufort's Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era, Second Founding of America, and Reconstruction Era National Historical Park for an evening program on the importance of interpreting Reconstruction here in the community. Park Superintent Scott Teodorski will provide updates to park operations.

LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

Escape Quest Games

9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Dungeons & Dragons

4 p.m., Mondays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843255-6441. Ages 12 to 18.

Lego Club

4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Mondays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. All ages welcome.

Time for Tea

(English Tea Party)

3 p.m., 1st Monday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Recipe Club

10 a.m., 2nd Monday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Knitting/Crochet Class

2:30 p.m., 1st Tuesday each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Teen Art Club

4 p.m., 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6441. Ages 12-18.

Teen Anime Club

4 p.m., 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Coffee & Conversation

9 a.m., 1st Wednesday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. Coffee with a librarian.

Teen Video Game Club

4 p.m., 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6441. Ages 12 to 18.

Hoopla Class

4 p.m., 4th Wednesday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

S.C. Works Job Coaching

2 to 4 p.m., Thursdays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. Free help with job searches, interviews.

Line Dance Class

3:30 p.m., 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Chess Club 1 to 2 p.m., Saturdays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. Ages 5 and older.

Chess Meet Up

11 a.m., 2nd Saturday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. Instructor Henry Otto Seim will show beginners the basics or play a friendly game with more experienced players. All skill levels welcome. Extra boards will be set up.

Chess Meet Up

11 a.m., 3rd Saturday of each month, Lobeco Branch Library, 1862 Trask Parkway, 843-2556479. Instructor Henry Otto Seim will show beginners the basics or play a friendly game with more experienced players. All skill levels welcome. Extra boards will be set up.

Law Talk

5 to 6 p.m., select Thursdays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. Free. Brief topic overview with volunteer attorney. Sept. 1, Bankruptcy and Credit; Oct. 6, Landlord Tenant Law; Nov. 3, End of Life Issues. Call to register.

Law Talk

10:30 a.m. to noon, select Saturdays, Lobeco Branch Library, 1862 Trask Parkway, 843-255-6479. Free. Brief topic overview with volunteer attorney. Sept. 10, Wills, Estates, Probate; Oct. 15, Wills, Estates, Probate; Nov. 5, Real Estate and Foreclosure. Call to register.

Beaufort Downtown Branch Library Special Programs

Select Tuesdays and Thursdays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. 2:30 p.m., Sept. 13, Civic Awareness; 2:30 p.m., Oct. 20, Friends of the Library Celebration; 2:30 p.m., Nov. 15, Beekeeping; 2:30 p.m., Dec. 13, Gingerbread House Contest.

MEETINGS

The Beaufort Trailblazers –A Volunteer Group

8 a.m., first Thursday each month, Herban Marketplace, Beaufort. Anyone interested in supporting or building off-road/dirt/ wilderness mountain biking/jogging/walking trails near is encouraged to attend. For more information, call 843-575-0021 or email universitybicycles@hotmail.com.

League of Women Voters Beaufort meeting

6:30 to 8 p.m., 2nd Thursday of each month (Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8), Meeting Room of Sea Island Presbyterian Church, Lady’s Island Drive. This is a non-partisan, non-profit organization. All are invited to attend. Please join us to promote voter participation in matters of interest to all of us : locally, statewide and nationally.

Zonta Club of Beaufort

6 p.m., 4th Tuesday of each month, Smokehouse, Port Royal. Until November 22, we are participating in a service project with a global organization called Free the Girls. We

are currently collecting new and gently used bras to help women rescued from trafficking start their own businesses selling the bras. Last year our club collected more than 600 bras and we are hoping to beat that number this year. Our collection sites are Amy Bowman State Farm Agency, 1284 Ribaut Rd., Myrna B. Breland, CPA, 1 Professional Drive, Port Royal, and Nourishing Health Acupuncture and Herbs, 34A Savannah Hwy.

Sea Island Quilt Guild

6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17, Carteret Street United Methodist Church, 408 Carteret Street, Beaufort.

Hosting our annual auction. Be sure to bring items you would like to donate to the guild, and we will auction it off to the highest bidder. All are welcome.

Fripp Audubon Club

7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17, Fripp Island Community Center, 205 Tarpon Blvd. The Ten Eyck Lecture Series welcomes Jake Zadik and Juliana Smith presenting “Birding Trends and Birding Tools: Predicting the 2022 Christmas Bird Count.” Meet and greet at 6 p.m., before the program. Bring a small plate of nibbles to share. Program begins at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. Zadik and Smith have worked as a Naturalists and Biologists for the last 10 years. Both are avid birders and have contributed to field research in realms such as migratory bird banding, shorebird surveys, breeding bird surveys, and tropical bird surveys from countries as far away as Ecuador. Zadik is the staff Naturalist for the Brays Island Community and Smith is a Naturalist and Master Naturalist Project Coordinator for the Spring Island Trust. They will demonstrate how eBird and Merlin Bird ID can be powerful tools to predict likely birds for this year’s count and to record and track our sightings. For more information, visit www.islc.net/audubon/ or contact frippaudubonclub@gmail.com. Offisland visitors welcome. Please stop at the gate to check in.

Indivisible Beaufort

11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, Beaufort Public Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort. The main speaker will be Beth Young, Vice-Chair for the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Will also present perspectives on the election results.

Maye River Quilters

9:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville. The wearing of masks is encouraged. Social time, 9:30 a.m.; meeting starts at 10 a.m. For more meeting dates and times, and for membership forms to join the group, call 843705-9590. To attend the meeting as a guest, send an RSVP email to mayeriverquilters@ gmail.com.

MUSIC

Fripp Island Friends of Music Concert Series

5 p.m., specific Sundays, Fripp Island Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Blvd., Fripp Island. Individual shows are $30. Consider becoming a member of Fripp Island Friends of Music (FIFOM). Membership gives you access to all five concerts, including the post-performance reception where you meet the musicians while enjoying delicious hors d’oeuvres prepared fresh by Harold’s Chef Services. It also helps fund FIFOM’s Music-in-the-Schools program. The basic FIFOM membership, $100, has not changed. To become a member, text or call Vanessa Peñaherrera at 704-8070255 or email vandy116@gmail.com. Go to frippfriendsofmusic.com for more information.

Schedule: Jan. 8, Andrew Armstrong (piano); Feb. 26, The Tony Lee Group (jazz); March 26, Kim Richey (singer-songwriter).

OUTDOORS

2022 Kayak Fishing Tournament

7:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 19. Hosted by Sea Sea’s Honey Hole, guest host Houston from BeaufortSCFishing. Cost $100. Lines in 7:30 a.m.; Awards 3 to 4 p.m. Cash prizes for 1st through 3rd place. Species: red drum. Tournament within a tournament: Flounder and trout. Tournament registration must be complete Thursday, Nov. 17. For more information, call Sea Sea at 843-379-2018

Port Royal Cypress Wetlands tours

9 to 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 25; 1 to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, Port Royal Cypress Wetlands. Bring your holiday guests to a free guided tour of the wetlands sponsored by Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands and led by Master Naturalist Jill Moore. Moore is full of information about alligators, turtles, trees, plants, and the variety of birds that call the wetlands home. This is a great opportunity to learn about this magical place. Tours are limited in size so sign up now. Kat Bray, Tour Coordinator, info@foprcw.org.

RUNNING

Junior Service League of Beaufort 3rd Annual

“Truckin’ It” 5K 8 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, Town of Port Royal. Cost varies depending on race. The Truckin' It race offers a 5K and fun run for children younger than 12 – 5K begins at 8 a.m.; fun run begins at 8:05 a.m. This family event is stroller and pet friendly. Following the race, meet and take photos with Santa. Sign up at http://bit. ly/3EaSICz. JSLB Truckin' It 5K and Kids Fun Run. Currently seeking sponsors for this event as well. For information about sponsoring or participating, please contact Allison Kindwall at run.jslb@gmail.com.

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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, 18 November 2022

Recruit Training Regiment • Commanding Officer, Colonel B. W. Ward 2nd Recruit Training Battalion • Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel C. J. Kearney Commander of Troops, Captain Ryan C. Gardner • Parade Adjutant, Captain Trevor M. Medlen Company “G”, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion • Commanding Officer, Captain R. C. Gardner Drill Masters • Gunnery Sergeant T. M. Moore, Staff Sergeant S. A. Jones

PLATOON 2080

Senior Drill Instructor

Sgt C. S. Champion

PFC Aguilarlinares, Daniel

Pvt Alcantar, Kenny M.

PFC Alvarez, Nathaniel F.

Pvt Atilanovaltierra, Geordie

PFC Ballew, Danny W.

PFC Bennefield, Brandon P.

PFC Boyd, William D.

PFC Brown, Jahaven D.

PFC Bryant, Samuel A.

PFC Choquette, Colby J.

PFC* Clark, Tariq A.

PFC* Cogbill, McKay J.

Pvt Cooper, Terrence R.

Pvt Corriher, Garrett M.

PFC Counts, William O.

Pvt Cross, Isaac C.

Pvt Cruzdepaz, Eric

PFC Cruzlopez, Edgar

Pvt Dyson, Trequan E.

PFC Flowers, Henry A.

PFC* Freeman, Ondre T.

Pvt Gatewood, Caleb J.

PFC Gilbert, Austin C.

Pvt Hammond, Nicholas E.

Pvt Hammond, Tristan S.

PFC Hanley, Wade J.

Pvt Horton Jr., Benjamin M.

PFC Kirby, Austin T.

PFC Krug, Gabriel M.

Pvt Madison, Cameron X.

Pvt Maldonado, Victor G.

Pvt Martinez, Jeffrey D.

PFC Martinezgodinez, Jose L.

PFC Meeks, Michael C.

Pvt Mendez, Jerry

Pvt Moon, Eddie

Pvt Morris, Jacob R.

PFC Mumy, Colin C.

Pvt Nazario, Isaac M.

Pvt Palmer, William J.

Pvt Peake, Donovan M.

PFC* Pfortmiller, Reece W.

Pvt Portorrealmena, Warnell

Pvt Presnell, Phoenix G.

Pvt Price, Tristan H.

PFC Pulidohenao, Josseph M.

Pvt Riley, Theron S.

PFC Sanchez, Alberto A.

PFC Santoyo, Daniel

PFC Serranozuniga, Rolando

Pvt Small, Ford T.

Pvt Valdiviareyes, Jerry

Pvt Vasquez, Christophe A.

Pvt Whittaker, Nicholas R.

PFC Wiley, Zachary H.

PLATOON 2081

Senior Drill Instructor SSgt H. A. Andrews

Pvt Abrams, Aubrey C.

Pvt Alvarado, Bryan

PFC Auli, Christophe F.

Pvt Baez, Gabriel E.

PFC Blevins, Robert B.

Pvt Bowers, Lawton J.

Pvt Bowyer, Tyler S.

Pvt Brown Jr., Eric T.

Pvt Butler, Frederick

Pvt Dandridge, Derhon L.

PFC Day Jr., Ryan G.

PFC Doby Jr., Maurice O.

PFC Dooling, Luke K.

Pvt Finley, Jordan J.

PFC Ford, Tayjuan Q.

PFC Grube, William C.

Pvt Hardy Jr., Linale M.

PFC Hernandezsantos, Erwins J.

PFC Ingram, Skyler B.

Pvt Intriagolucas, Anthony X.

Pvt Keaton, Richard J.

Pvt Kittrell III, George T.

PFC Lambdin, Austin L.

PFC Leclerc, Derek A.

Pvt Lewis, Brandon L.

PFC* Marchant, Lance E.

Pvt Marseille, Cadet R.

PFC Meganck, Quinton J.

Pvt Moctezumacruz, Erik

PFC* Montgomery, Darius L.

Pvt Moralesbaez, Luis A.

Pvt Moss Ii, Warren E.

Pvt Netane, Togia K.

Pvt Oldham, Jacob L.

Pvt Organ, Emory D.

PFC Oxendine, Cody R.

Pvt Palmer, Alton T.

Pvt Pascualpaxtor, Brayan D.

PFC* Pham, Trieu D.

Pvt Rhodes, John T.

PFC Ritchie, Joseph L.

PFC Robbins, Kyle C.

PFC* Saintfleur, Klauss

PFC Scales, Arrison F.

PFC Soto, Javier J.

Pvt Stokes, Justin T.

PFC Streat, Christophe M.

Pvt Streat, Steven L.

PFC Taube, Nathaniel E.

PFC Thomas Jr, Fritzgeral C.

Pvt Torres, Alejandro V.

Pvt Toumey, Steve A.

PFC Turpin, Dakota S.

Pvt Vlahakis, Mason C.

PFC Western, Austin D.

PFC Weston, Dontae C.

PFC Williams, Darian A.

PLATOON 2082

Senior Drill Instructor

GySgt S. B. Ingram

PFC Abay Jr., Frank A.

Pvt Bah, Chernor A.

Pvt Bell, Noah A.

PFC* Bostock, Martin C.

Pvt Brooks, Montay

Pvt Brown Jr., Lavincient C.

Pvt Cao, Devin

PFC Castrogutierrez, Christophe

Pvt Cuevas, Emanuel J.

PFC Ellerbe, Jamari Z.

Pvt Feeney, Tyler E.

Pvt Grant, Justin C.

Pvt Guerrier, Jerry G.

Pvt Harris, Joseph T.

PFC Houllier, Amir R.

Pvt Jacobs, Zachary A.

Pvt Jurhs, Joshua A.

PFC Lam, Pape B.

PFC Lavender, Sandlin O.

PFC* Leeth, Kaleb J.

Pvt Lezin, Brian I.

Pvt Littlejohn, Kobe S. PFC* Ly, Seth X.

Pvt Mader, Ian A.

Pvt Massey, Micah G.

Pvt Mcdermott, Connor D.

Pvt Merinorafael, Enacio

Pvt Meronvil, Frenel

PFC Montero, Jahidi Z.

Pvt Moralesnavarro, Xander Y.

Pvt Moreno, Daniel

Pvt Morse, Michael W.

Pvt Nazareth, Joseph M.

PFC Ndubi, Moses

PFC Nowaskie, Eli J.

Pvt Ochs, Steven L.

PFC Oconnor, Noah D.

Pvt Parrish, James E.

PFC Perna, Vincent R.

Pvt Posluszny, Evan J.

Pvt Price, Zander A.

Pvt Rausch, Ethin I.

Pvt Rosa, Michael J.

Pvt Salyer, Nicolus R.

PFC* Saracino, Daniel G.

Pvt Sherm, Nicolas D.

PFC Silfies, Aiden J.

Pvt So, Bajnia

Pvt Soffran, Reuben G.

PFC Stahl, Jack K.

PFC Swindle, Steffen T.

Pvt Thomas, Kenneth H.

PFC Torres, Nathan A.

Pvt Travassos, Skyler L.

PFC Vazquezaguilera, Eliezer

PFC Velasquez, Jordan A.

PFC Virgil, Cameron A.

PFC Wisner, Nathan A.

PLATOON 2084

Senior Drill Instructor

Sgt D. J. Villalongo

PFC Arndt, Mitchell J.

PFC Ayalareyes, Zabdiel

Pvt Baker, Charles J.

PFC* Ballinger, Ryan G.

Pvt Bell, Wesley E.

Pvt Blasenhauer, Christian A.

Pvt Brewer, Lorenzo G.

Pvt Burns, Falcon M.

PFC Catorszymanski, Noble R.

Pvt Clark, Eli M.

PFC Cole, Bradley J.

Pvt Colin, Yohan J.

Pvt Conway, Austin R.

Pvt Correia Jr., Anthony R.

Pvt Diazbenitez, Henry E.

Pvt Donahue, Maximilian J.

PFC Eckert Jr., Stephen R.

Pvt Edwards, Jared A.

Pvt Gallardo, Edson J.

Pvt Garciafuentes, Brayan

Pvt Gomez, Angel J.

Pvt Gravatte, Joseph W.

Pvt Harvey IV, Lacy L.

Pvt Haskins, Joseph R.

Pvt Herrera, Matthew H.

Pvt Jaynes, Samuel Z.

Pvt Jones, Tyler A.

Pvt Kirsten, Eric J.

Pvt Kuzma, Joshua T.

Pvt Lacetera, Owen M.

PFC Lamb, Christophe M.

Pvt Mcgee, Bryce H.

Pvt Mcmillon, Jaylon N.

Pvt Menchaca, Juan J.

PFC Molina, Jeremiah

Pvt Monteleone, Mitchell R.

Pvt Mooney, Kameron J.

Pvt Moore, Jackson S.

PFC Morris, Kristian L.

Pvt Patterson, Samuel L.

PFC* Rivera Jr., Angel F.

Pvt Romano, Vincent H.

PFC* Rosas, Mirsha M.

Pvt Saling, Ashton J.

PFC Scaff, Aiden M.

Pvt Sheppard, Richard H.

Pvt Silver, Noah M.

PFC* Smith, Jonathan A.

PFC Sutto, Mark A.

PFC Sy, Alpha O.

Pvt Sylvester, Andrew L.

Pvt Toner, Korbin A.

Pvt Travis, Cody A.

Pvt Vang, Noah S.

Pvt Waters, Aidan R.

PFC Williams, Preston A.

Pvt Woodcock, Aaron J.

Pvt Wright, Michael A.

Pvt Zavala, Darling C.

PLATOON 2085

Senior Drill Instructor

SSgt W. K. Olkeriil

Pvt Abplanalp, Timothy G.

Pvt Acajabonsanchez, Saulo PFC Anderson, Seth G. Pvt Ashley, Branden R. Pvt Bonar, Landon D.

Pvt Broadhurst, Kevin T. Pvt Browncuff, Nicholas J. PFC Burgos, Carlos D.

PFC* Calareso, Joseph J. Pvt Carver, Jaden D. PFC Chlebowy, Parker D.

Pvt Coytvalencia, Fredy Pvt Crowley, Patrick J. Pvt Cruztorres, Oconer F. PFC* Davis, Peyton G. Pvt Donahue, Mace J. Pvt Ehrlich, Kobe E.

Pvt Elbarati, Ali K. Pvt Faber, Daniel K. PFC* Fannin, Garrett A. Pvt Floresrezabala, Luis PFC* Handy, Chase A. Pvt Harney, Maxime J. PFC Houle, Travis L. Pvt Huffman, Eric F. Pvt Johnson, Jaheem J. PFC Jones, Daniel J. Pvt Khan, Nameer A. PFC Kile, Aiden O. Pvt Kirby, Anthony M. PFC Koroski, Aidan M. Pvt Kovac, Michael S. Pvt Laudano Jr., Mark E. Pvt Marsee, Caden M. Pvt Mayes, Kameron D. Pvt Morin, Timothy L. Pvt Mullen, Reece T. Pvt Muniz, Luis A.

Pvt Ndungu, Joseph G.

Pvt Oso, Damian M. Pvt Pacheco, Christopher E. Pvt Pearson, Joshua C.

Pvt Peters, Joshua R. Pvt Pittman, William T. PFC Powell, Thomas P.

Pvt Quinonez, Victor D. Pvt Reese, Gregory M. Pvt Rice, Jeffrey T.

PFC Robinson, Shedrick J. Pvt Sarango, Yohan D. Pvt Scott, Tyrique J.

Pvt Shafeeq, Muhammed A.

PFC Thorne, William M.

Pvt Tongate, Kacy L.

PFC Torres, Joao M.

Pvt Trevino, Gabriel R.

Pvt Veraaltamirano, Diego

PFC Willis, Ethan M.

Pvt Wilson, Antwone S.

PLATOON 2086

Senior Drill Instructor SSgt J. B. Veggian

Pvt Alicandri, Nicolas L.

PFC Amorim, Alexander F.

Pvt Bean, Alandis A. Pvt Bell, Ryan A.

Pvt Brennan, John M.

Pvt Brewer, Lorenzo

Pvt Burke, Corey J.

PFC Burrus Jr., Jamie D.

Pvt Byrd Jr., Michael R.

Pvt Calderon, Jeremy R.

PFC* Callis, Jack J.

Pvt Cerritos, Edward E.

Pvt Coleman, Jake C.

Pvt Colgan, Thomas R.

Pvt Cruz, Jean P.

PFC Dabrowski, Andre N. PFC Davis, Javien E.

PFC* Donahue, Ryan C. PFC Duran Jr., Lewimil PFC Egan, Jacob D. PFC Fincher, Bryce J.

PFC Fletcher, Dylan M. PFC Garciahernandez, John C.

PFC Grimes, Liam M.

Pvt Harrington, Declan K. PFC Henrymcconnell, Christian P.

Pvt Herrera, Owen A.

Pvt Hetzel, Donovan P. PFC Hickey, Nathaniel C.

Pvt Jennings, Gavin T.

Pvt Johnson, Gavin L.

Pvt Jordan, Jeremiah L.

Pvt Kobylykh, Andrian

PFC Landim, Esmael G. Pvt Lebsack, Joshua C. Pvt Lovin, Jeffrey C.

PFC Loyd, Brody D.

Pvt Maharaj, Dinesh B.

PFC* Mason, Jayden C.

Pvt Meierhofer, Cole J.

Pvt Meletzpablo, Wilson

Pvt Montero, Jaydin I.

Pvt Moore, Darnell T.

Pvt Olson, Christian J.

Pvt Panzer, Wyatt T.

Pvt Pruett, Jacob T.

PFC* Puppogaviria, Mateo

Pvt Racanelli, Vincent J.

PFC Richman, Ezra C.

Pvt Sackett, Jacob T.

Pvt Santangelo, Roman P.

Pvt Santosmaldonado, Christophe J.

Pvt Schadewald, Cayden L.

Pvt Singh, Randy S.

Pvt Solis, Tyler

Pvt Tejankella, Khalipha S.

PFC Tress, Michael S.

PFC Watara, Warissou T.

PFC Winkler, Christophe A.

Pvt Wright, Jaimin C.

Pvt Zegarragarcia, Eros H.

For the children

Can the VA take away or reduce a veteran’s disability rating? The short answer to that ques tion is yes.

(If you do not have time to read this short article, watch the VA U-tube Video titled, Can the VA take away or re duce a VA Disability Rating and Compensation? Find the video at #the SITREP.)

When a veteran receives a VA decision letter awarding a military service-connect ed disability rating, it is imperative that the veteran, the veteran’s spouse, and the veteran’s caregiver carefully read the entire package that the VA sent.

Read the VA rating letter and all other VA correspondence carefully It is especially important to read the VA benefits infor mation in the VA’s letter and enclosures. The VA letter should tell the veteran: The date of your claim.

If the condition has been determined to be service-connected or not, and the effective date of the rating. The rating is temporary or permanent.

The combines ser vice-connected disabil ity rating (100%, 90%,

ognized in the payment compensated.

If you are considered by the VA to be totally and permanently (P&T) disaled and the effective date.

If the VA considers a veteran to be ser vice-connected for loss of or loss of use of a limb, or totally blind in or missing at least one eye.

If they have received a Specialty Adapted Housing (SAH) and/or Special Home Adaption (SHA) grant.

The letter should include a copy of the VA rating deci sion that gives the evidence used and reasons for the VA decision. The VA packet will also include information about additional benefits, what the veteran should do if the veteran disagrees with the VA decision, and whom to contact if the veteran has questions.

if a future exam is required, the VA will re-evaluate the condition and may reduce the disability rating.

VA Code Sheet

When veterans receive a VA disability rating, they will also receive a packet of information outlining the VA disability claims deci sion. Unfortunately, these packets are often missing a key resource, the VA rating Code Sheet. This sheet can help the veteran better understand their disability rating and service connec tion decision. A veteran can determine if the VA is going to require a future medical examination of the disabil ity condition by reading the VA Code Sheet that the VA should send with their disability decisions.

If a veteran receives a VA Disability Rating Letter from the VA and the packet does not include a Code Sheet, the veteran should request the Code Sheet from the VA. Veterans can request a copy of their VA rating Code Sheet using VA Form 3288, Request For And Consent To Release Of Information From Individual’s Records. Veterans can get a copy of VA Form 3288 at https:// www.va.gov/find-forms/

Code Sheet shows a future exam and it has a date for that exam, veterans know for sure that the VA is going to re-evaluate that disabili ty and if the condition has improved, the VA may (and probably will) reduce the disability rating after that exam.

Worsening conditions

In all cases, if a veteran’s disabling condition (wound, illness, disease, injury) worsens, the veteran should quickly:

See your VA doctor or civilian medical care provider (many veter ans are military retirees who use Medicare and Tricare for medical care) and seek treatment and document the worsen ing condition.

Provide evidence (med ical records, letters from doctors, etc.) to the VA that your condition is worsening.

Submit a claim for worsening conditions if the veteran is not already rated by the VA as Permanently and Totally Disabled and the Veterans VSO, VA Certified Attorney, or VA-Certified Claims Agent advises them to

examination.

Do not keep the VA informed about worsen ing conditions, second ary worsening or new conditions connected to the primary disabling condition, and anything that keeps you from making a VA Disability Rating medical exam ination.

Follow your VSO’s advice Make certain that your VSO agrees that filing for a new disability decision will benefit you and not put your other disability ratings at risk. Follow your VSO’s advice to first, “Do no harm” when filing for disability with the VA.

For example, if you are already VA rated as 100% Permanently and Totally

Disabled, you may not want to rock the boat with a friv olous or low-benefit claim that may open all of your disabilities to re-evaluation.

You can read all of Larry Dandridge’s past articles on Veterans’ Benefits at The Is land News website archives at www.yourislandnews.com.

Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War wounded warrior, disabled veteran, ex-Enlisted Infantryman, ex-Warrant Officer Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel. He is a past Veterans Service Officer, a Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Hospital, the Fisher House Charleston Good Will Ambassador, and the VP for Veteran Affairs for the local Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning book Blades of Thunder and a contributing freelance writer with the Island News. Contact him at LDandridge@earthlink.net or 843-276-7164.

LARRY DANDRIDGE

In June, 9-year-old Savannah Mangas wrote

letter

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island Commanding General Brig. Gen. Walker M. Field asking

park in Wake Village. Brig. Gen. Field decided to make her wish come true; the swing set was completed Nov. 8. Lance Cpl.

Colin Harper/USMC

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